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Okay, so picture this: I’m looking at this massive game world, and it feels… raw, full of potential. Building your own game engine these days is seriously tough and expensive, most big studios just use existing ones like Unreal or Unity. But this developer decided to go all-in and create their own tech. It means they could really fine-tune everything to exactly match their creative vision, something that might not have been possible if they’d used a pre-made engine.

Similar to popular 80s cartoons like Masters of the Universe and Transformers, M.A.S.K. was based on a line of action figures and toys. The original series premiered in September 1985 and featured a battle between M.A.S.K., led by Matt Trakker, and V.E.N.O.M., headed by Miles Mayhem. It was a hit, running for 65 episodes! The second season moved away from the show’s original ideas and only lasted 10 episodes, though a great movie was released in 1986. Since then, M.A.S.K. hasn’t really seen a revival.

Last year, I got to try out the first version of Battlemarked with my D&D group for a review on ComicBook. Since then, the game has been improved with updates adding helpful features and new things to do. The latest update, released on March 17th and called “Warlock,” is a great reason for D&D fans to jump into a new virtual campaign. It introduces a new Warlock character class, a new short adventure, and other additions.

Okay, so I’m not saying these storylines are terrible – honestly, even stories that don’t quite land can be interesting to someone. But some of them took big swings and just didn’t quite connect, like Marvel’s Civil War II and that whole idea of punishing people for thinking about doing something wrong. Or Ultimatum, which just felt messy with a ton of characters dying and some really confusing choices. I’m not saying you shouldn’t check them out, but these next five events are definitely… strange. I’m going to break down what makes them so weird, so stick around!

Hercule Poirot was back on screens in 2022 with the film Death on the Nile. Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic 1937 novel—previously adapted in 1978—began streaming on Peacock on March 1st. Branagh stars as the famous detective whose relaxing vacation on a luxurious 1937 Egyptian river cruise is disrupted by a murder. When a wealthy woman is killed, Poirot must find the killer among a group of secretive wedding guests before they reach their destination.